The full biographical sketch as printed, transcribed from the public-domain book. Spelling and wording are the original author’s; a few scanning errors may remain.
WILLIAM LINGARD.
^V'illiam Lingard, who is engaged in business in association with his brother, George E., conducts a meat market and grocery at Kalo and also operates a similar enterprise at Otho, both es- tablishments having a large patronage. His birth occurred in Lincolnshire, England, on the 7th of April, 1852, his parents being Edward and Esther (Smith) Lingard, who were also natives of that country. The father, a mason by trade, brought his familv
lo America in 1853, locating in Canada, where he remained for two years. On the expiration of that period he came to Iowa, locating first in Dewitt, Clinton county, and later in Boone, where he w'orked as a coal miner and resided until 1882. In that year he came to Webster county, settling at Kalo, where he engaged in coal mining and made his home throughout the remainder of his life. In 1862, in the defense of the Union, he enlisted in Company A, Twenty-sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, with which command he remained until the cessation of hostilities. His demise occurred in May, 1904. while his wife was called to her final rest on the 30th of November, 1908.
William Lingard. who was brought to America by his parents when but one year old, acquired his education at Dewitt. Clin- ton county, this state. After putting aside his text-books he began mining coal at Boone, being thus employed for some time. At the age of nineteen years, however, he went to Nebraska, took up a homestead and resided thereon for six years. It was in 1882 that he came to Kalo, Webster county, locating here in the same year that his father took up his abode in this county. He again turned his attention to coal miaing and was thus employed until forty years of age. In 1892, in partnership with liis brother, George E., he opened a meat market at Kalo, to which he later added a grocery department and which he has conducted con- tinuously since with gratifying success. The brothers also con- duct a meat market and grocery store at Otho and have built up an extensive trade in both places, having won an enviable repu- tation by reason of their straightforward and honorable business dealings. They do an annual business amounting to over twenty- three thousand dollars. William Lingard and his brother own a well improved farm near Kalo and have an attractive home in that town.
On the 25th of April, 1878, Mr. Lingard was united in marriage to Miss Marion Stewart, a daughter of Louis and Jane Stewart, both natives of Scotland. Our subject and his wife have three children, namely: William, who is thirty-two years of age and assists his father in the conduct of his business; Matilda J., the wife of Adam Krouse, a miner and farmer; and inorence, who is fifteen years of age and is under the parental roof. Mr. and Mrs. Lingard reared a boy named Gus Anderson, who passed away in 1899 at the age of eighteen years.
William Lingard is a republican and has served as trustee of Otho township for six years. He belongs to the local organiza- tion of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is also a valued member of the Congregational church. He has many friends in the community where he resides, and his excellent traits of character have gained for him the respect and regard of his fellowmen.
Source: History of Fort Dodge and Webster County, Iowa. See the original pages at the Internet Archive.
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